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Context should be considered over content in my opinion. One can insult without swearing and swear without insulting. Obviously each individual will have different ideas as to what is acceptable in terms of profanity (if any), but an intent to offend or provoke is generally easy to determine.

I've been a member here for a few years now and have learnt a lot and hopefully contributed positively at times. Being from West Yorkshire I swear at the drop of a hat but wouldn't use it offensively or deliberately to upset another member.

I have at times been offended by certain opinions on certain threads but have learnt to withdraw from them before my temper and swearing kicks in. I value this forum for what it is - a place to share our love/obsession of music and hifi, nothing more.

I think a lot of folk have found friendship as well as comradeship here;I know I have many here I regard as fiends....ooops friends , even if maybe they dont... that is outwith ones control.
Again there are few forums that give folk the chance to complain so think yourselves lucky

Regards,
Grant ....

I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work

I was surprised to see someone being pulled up over the use of the word 'twat' yesterday. If said person had used the word against an individual, as in 'you are a twat', then I could see why that might be out of order, but he was simply using it in the way you might say something was 'a pain in the arse', or a 'a right balls-ache'. Even more weirdly, when someone pointed out the 'three words daily' thread for comparison, he was told by the moderator that twd is a 'light-hearted' thread where, by implication, such language was OK.

Now, I seldom use bad language, being the polite person I am, but it would be good to know which words are or are not OK. pfm has a 'swear filter', where the forum software censors certain words, leaving asterisks in place of letters, so the job is done for you. But what's OK on AoS language-wise?

"Today scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality"
Nikola Tesla

I'm not sure what you think my agenda is. I simply asked for clarification about what words are OK to use on AoS, because i wanted to know. If you think I have a deeper agenda, perhaps you could share your idea with the rest of us, rather than making gnomic remarks?

Irritating behaviour

I can sympathise with Anthony's view, Joe, because let's face it, if there's a likelihood of anyone 'poking' how things are here, and sometimes what's said by certain people, it's liable to be you - and as you know, you've been warned about it before

Just stop with the game playing mate its getting old!!!
And seen as how clever you usualy think you are, you should have no problem in understanding where I am coming from on this, so I need say no more on the subject.
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Originally Posted by Joe

I'm not sure what you think my agenda is. I simply asked for clarification about what words are OK to use on AoS, because i wanted to know. If you think I have a deeper agenda, perhaps you could share your idea with the rest of us, rather than making gnomic remarks?

"Today scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality"
Nikola Tesla